25 May 2006

News: Raisin in the Sun, Taye Diggs

· Sorry, we're a day late with this one so thank Bernie and ModFab for the heads up. A Raisin in the Sun will be restaged as a teleplay for ABC. Sean "Diddy" Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald and Sanaa Lathan starred in the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's masterpiece. Combs will executive produce the small screen adaptation. "Established Black stage performers were initially up in arms over his casting," Bernie writes. "And some reviewers were lukewarm to his performance. The fact that every star in the show was nominated for a Tony that year except Diddy, seemed to suggest that the theater community did not view him as one of their own."